Analysis of Pipe Smoker
Robert William Service 1874 – 1958
Because I love the soothing weed
And am of sober type,
I'd choose me for a friend in need
A man who smokes a pipe.
A cove who hasn't much to say,
And spits into the fire,
Puffing like me a pipe of clay,
Corn-cob or briar.
A chap original of thought,
With cheery point of view,
Who has of gumption quite a lot,
And streaks of humour too.
He need not be a whiskered sage,
With wisdom over-ripe:
Just give me in the old of age
A pal who smokes a pipe.
A cigarette may make for wit,
Although I like it not;
A good cigar, I must admit,
Gives dignity to thought.
But as my glass of grog I sip
I never, never gripe
If I have for companionship
A guy who smokes a pipe.
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFGFHBHB IGIEJBJB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01110101 011101 11110101 011101 01110111 0101010 10110111 11110 01010011 110111 11110101 01111 1111011 110101 11100111 011101 0011111 11111 01011101 110011 11111111 110101 1111010 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 765 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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